Fence-post



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W. S. GRUMLEY & P. A. MUCK.

IENGE POST.

No. 566,378. Patented Aug. 25, 1896.

m 1% w w a w Q Z W Perry 17. Mack UNITED STATES WILL S. CRUMLEY ANDPERRY A. MUOK, OF LANCASTER, OHIO.

FENCE-PO'ST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,378, dated August25, 1896.

Application filed May 7, 1896. Serial No. 590,553. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Beitknown that we, WILL s. Gnunnnr and PERRY A. MUOK, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Fairfield andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Fence-Post, of which thefollowing is a specification.

sectional view taken longitudinally of the anchor. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional View. Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a horizontal anchor construct ed of any suitable material,such as stone,

metal, wood, clay, or the like, disposed transversely of a fence andembedded in the ground a sufficient distance below the surface to secure the desired hold. A vertical base 2 is arranged on the upper faceof the anchor at the center thereof, and is designed to extend a fewinches above the surface of the ground for supporting a fence-post 3.The base 2 may be constructed of any suitable material, such as wood,stone, metal, clay, or the like, and it forms a firm support for thefence-post 3, which is preferably constructed of wood.

The fence-post is secured upon the base, and the latter is retained onthe anchor by a pair of inclined braces 4c, preferably consisting of acontinuous piece of cabled wire passed through a perforation 5 of thefence-post and having its terminals secured to the ends of the anchor.The terminals of the cable encircle the ends of the anchor, and thelatter is preferably perforated adjacent to its ends. When the anchor isperforated, the cable is passed through the perforations and is dividedto form side loops 6, which embrace the opposite sides of the anchor andwhich are secured to the body portion of the cable directly above thesame.

The fence-post is retained on the base 2 by a wire stay 7, provided witha central loop 8, the sides of which pass through perforations 9 of thebottom of the fence-post, and the terminals of the stay are secured tothe inclined braces, which are provided with loops or open portions 10to facilitate such attachment. The stay is provided at opposite sides ofthe fence-post With loops 11, formed by twisting the Wire and adapted toreceive a suitable tool to enable the stay to be twisted to the desiredtension. The loops or open portions 10 of the inclined braces are formedby twisting the cablewires, as these braces are preferably constructedof plain wire and twisted by hand to the desired tension, and thetransverse stay, by being attached to the loops or open portions 10,will prevent any liability of the wires of the inclined braceuntwisting.

It will be seen that the fence-post is simple and inexpensive inconstruction, that it possesses great strength and durability, and thatit is adapted to be readily constructed of a Variety of materials andmay be economically and advantageously employed in any section of thecountry.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing anyof the advantages of this invention.

What we claim is- The combination of ahorizontally-disposed anchordesigned to be embedded in the ground, a vertically-disposed basecentrally mounted on the anchor and designed to extend above the surfaceof the ground, a fencepost supported upon the base and provided at itslower end with perforations, inclined braces extending from the ends ofthe anchor to the fence-post, and a wire stay passing through theperforations of the fence-post, secured to the braces and adapted tobetwisted at opposite sides of the post, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

WILL S. ORUMLEY. PERRY A. MUOK.

lVitnesses:

H. W. W'onronn, E. L. PHILLIPS.

